Convertible garment-form.



S. S. FLEISHEL.

CONVERTIBLE GARMENT FORM.-

APPLIQATION FILED MN. 5, i918.

Patented June 4, 1918.

STELLA S. FLEISI-IEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' conv-nn'rrnnn GARMENT-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4., 1918.

Application filed January 5, 1918. Serial No. 210,548.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STELLA S. FLEISHEL a citizen of the United States,residing in t e borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ConvertibleGarment-Forms, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to wearing apparel for females and, particularly,has reference to a garment-form convertible into garments of the negligetype.

Among theobjects of my invention may be noted the following: to providea garment-form so constructed that it may be converted, when draped uponthe wearer, into many different styles and designs of neglige garments;to provide a garment-form which may be converted into a plurality ofneglige garments of the kimono type, by draping upon the figure in manydilferent ways and which, by the addition of merely a girdle,

belt, or waistband, may be made quite dressy; to provide a garment-formwhich is reversible upon the body of the wearer whereby to change theeffects and drapery of the garment upon the person, to provide agarment-form which, when made of predetermined size, willfit'the figuresof different persons equally well, or will correspond to different sizesof garments; and to provide a simple, economical garment-form to whichornamental devices of various kinds can be applied for giving functionaland esthetic effects and making the drapery upon the figure more or lessdressy.

With'the above objects in view and others which will be detailed duringthe course of this description, my invention consists in the parts,features, elements and combinations thereof hereinafter described andclaimed.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have provideddrawings wherein:

Figure 1 is an inside plan view of a garment-form embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 'isa perspective view, on a reduced scale, showing how the bodyportion is folded over; r Z

Fig. 4. is a front elevation of a garment praduced' from thegarment-form of Fig. 1; an

Fig. 5 is a plan view, broken to curtail the figure, showing a form ofgirdle, belt or waistband which may be used to add to the effectscapable of being produced by draping the garment-form.

The garment-form will be described with reference to the parts of thebody of the wearer so as to give a better idea of my invention',

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a long length offabric one end of which is, preferably, deeply hemmed, as at 2, in orderto provide a substantial finish to the end of the garment and enable thegirdle efiect of Fig. 4: to be produced. The length of this piece willdepend upon the height of the wearer and the particular effects desired.The sides of this piece are also finished, as by hemming 3, and thebottom is finished, as by a substantial hem 4. The strip of fabric 1 isprovided, at a selected, suitable point with a slit, or an opening 5, ofany desired form, according to the eflects desired. The opening 5extends longitudinally of the fabric-strip and its edges are finished,as by hemming or binding 6, as may be desired. Preferably, the opening 5is located centrally of the width of the fabric-strip 1 for most of theeifects desired, although, for some effects, the opening may be locatedmore or less to one side, as well as more or less distantly removed fromthe hemmed edge 2. Extending from a predetermined point in the length ofthe fabric-strip 1 to the bottom thereof, a shorter fabric-strip 7 isapplied, the latter being connected to the longer fabric-strip at itsopposite edges by inturned seams 8. The upper end of the fabric-strip 7is provided with a hem 9, forming a pocket for a draw-string 10, longenough to tie around the waist of the wearer. The bottom of thefabric-strip 7 is hemmed, as at 11. Ornamental devices 12, such astassels, brocade-forms, pendants, fringe, and other ornamental media maybe applied to the ends of the single thick fabric, to the opposite sidesand ends of the neck-opening and to other portions of the form, as maybe desired. In Fig. 1, I have shown a dotted essence of my invention;but, I -have"'ob--- tained beautiful effects with' 'silks figured andplain,-velvet, and comblnatlons of various materials.

15 at'iopposite ends, and with ornamental "devices 16. The fabric-strips1 and 7 maybe lined, if desired. r p

r The garment-form thus produced will be seen to have, or may beconvenientl {described to'have, the followingphy'sical"fea turescorresponding to a neglige." garment or; ladys dress:

v The upper portionof the singleflfabricstrip. 1, accordingto'the mannerin which it is placed upon the body'of the wearer, 'be comes either theupperfront or back body part of the garment. The head of l the wearer isextended through the slit. 5, so that the said upper body portionnaturally drapes about the shoulders ofthe wearer and theentire'garment-form is primarily "supportedb'y the latter,the'dotted'line indicatingthe position of the shoulders" of the wearer,when the. garment-form is thus 'adjusted upon the body of the wearer. Asshown in Fig. 4,-the ornamental device 12 becomes a' pendant atthe'front of the garment, 'whilethe two corner orna'mntal de- Vices 12,shownin Fig- 1, are tied or interlo'oped at the baok'of the wearer.

The double thick fabric portionof' the garmentform becomes the skirt ofthe drapedgarment, and the shorterden'gth 7 thereof becomes either-theback or front portionof said skirt, according to the manner inwhic-h thegar1nent-form is adjusted upon the body of -the wearer. Regardless ofthe manner in which the garment is draped upon the body of the wearer,the draw-string 10 becomes a waistband or medium by which the doublethick portion of the garmentitorm is tied about the waist of the wearer,

- the said garment-form being gathered;upon

the drawstring 1O inorder to create folds of greater or less proportionsaround at least half of thebody of thewearer, either the stronthalf" orthe back half, accordingly as the-garment-form isplacedupon the'bo'd'yoft-he wear-er. v

Fig.. ;3 isintended to be suggestive of the manner-in which the,upper-single fabric strip. is -throwmover the-shoulders after-extending the/headof the wearer through-the slit 5. -The wearer-steps{1 into the skirt or lower portion of the garment-form, drawing the sameup about the waist, and then ties the ends of the draw-string 1Oproperly about the waist. Then the upper portion of thergarm ne ist'hrown' ove'r the shoulders of the -wearer,-as abovesugg'estedandasshown in Fig: 4, the head projecting through the slit 5.

The single thick portion 1, falling in i frontofithe' wearer, may beallowed to drape Added effects are obtained by the use of a girdle or'belt 14, Fig.: 5", which maybe made of corresponding or contrastingmaterial, and provided with suitablefa's'tening means loosely over thebody, or it may be turned about the waist of the wearer of the deeply"heinifiemportion 2, as shown in Fig. 4. When this is done, theornamental devices 12 are .interlooped at theback' of (the wearer,ashe'reto fore suggested, Any number of difl'ere'ntefi'ects can besecured, accord-ingto the way theigarmen t-form is, draped uponthezbody, and, if it is desired to-have. a-very ornamentalgirdle 'or'waist-band, the one shown in Fig. 5 will be employed by"dr aw- Ring thesame more or less tightly ja'bou'tgthe waist of the wearer, while thesingle 'thick portion 10f the garment hangs loosely, from the shoulders,the hemmed portion 2 eXte'ndin below the girdle; 14, and the adjustment0 the latter resulting-in giving tof the garment-form the e-fi'ect ofloose, flow ng, kimonosleeves. It will be understood that, iftheshorterlength of fabric 7. is Idr-aped at the front of the wearer, theentire length of single thick fabric. 1, at the back, i from thedottedline 13, will extend loosely from the shoulders of the! wearerdownwardlyto the-heels, and assume the general outline of thafigure,while the remainder of the single thick. fabric will become the front Yof the garment. @FThe girdle .14, .or the' heinmed Thesingle thicknessat the back,.= in two parts, will give the' -back of the garmentdifferent effects. p p

l -In-the foregoing I have suggested only a few ways in which thegarment-form may beeadj ustedand draped ,upon the body of the wearer;-but; it -wi-ll be readily uhderstood by those skilfled inthe art that;many modifications --and difierent-drapery effects can --beobtainedaccording to the manipulation and adjustment of the difi'erenu parts,

of the garment-form and girdle 14. More over, dlfferent effects areproduced, due to the ornamental media 12, accordingly as the shorterportion of the single thick fabric 1, fromthe dotted line. 13, isallowed todrop loosely'orv is gathered about the body as shownin Fig.4;; that is to say, the media 12 are selected with reference to theirornamental characteristics and weight, and when the shorter portion ofsingle thick fabric 1 is allowed to drop loosely from the shoulders, 1

either in rear or front of the figure, the weight of said media, at thecorners of the single thick material, will cause the latter to assumelong, graceful folds from the shoulders downwardly. When, however, thehem 2 is gathered about the body, as in Fig. 4, and the media 12 areinterlooped, as explained, their weight will hold the hemmed portionsnugly in place and maintain the gathers or folds produced by this modeof drapery. The media 12, at one end of slit 5, has the function ofholding the shorter portion of the single thick fabric 1 in place asdesired; that is to say, the tendency of the longer portion of thesingle thick fabric is to drag upon the shorter portion and cause it todraw upwardly toward the chin or back of the head accordingly as saidshorter portion is at the front or back of the wearer. In other words,the ornamental weight counterbalances or overcomes the greater weight ofthe longer portion of fabric strip 1, causing the garment to hold itsplace properly on the figure and give comfort to the wearer. The media12, therefore, are primarily selected with reference to their weight;but, should the same be selected because of purely ornamentalcharacteristics,

a weight would be added, as at 12 to produce the functions desired, saidweight being covered by a piece of the material of which thegarment-form is made, or with contrasting material to carry out theornamental effects.

From the foregoing it will also be understood that the garment-form canbe made of a predetermined size so as to answer for persons ofmaterially different sizes and figures, since the form of the persongives shape to the garment-form and the latter is not intended to have aclose fit. In other words, a single garment-form will answer for severalpersons requiring garments ranging in size from 24 to 32 or from 34 to42. The garment-form, therefore, is not only a medium for producingseveral different styles or forms of garments, but for producing saidgarments in the equivalent of several different sizes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A garment-form consisting of a single ply, upper, rectangular bodyportion and a permanently 'tubular, lower skirt portion open at bothends, the single ply portlon being. provided with a substantiallycentral,

longitudinally extending slit through which to extend the head of thewearer so that said single ply portion may drape. over the shoulders ofthe wearer and take theform of a garment. I 1

2. A garment-form comprising a single ply, oblong body portion havingan. elongated slit for the head of the wearer, and a permanently tubularskirt portion open at both ends, and means located at the junction ofthe two portions for gathering the garment-form about the waist of thewearer, whereby when the head of the wearer is extended through the slitin the body portion, the latter may take the form of a garment, and theskirt portion, through its gathering means, may assume the form of theskirt of the garment.

3. A garment-form composed of an oblong strip of material of sufiicientlength to form the back of the skirt and entire body portion of agarment; and a second strip of material, less than half the length ofthe first-named strip, permanently secured along its sides to the sidesof the first-named strip, so as to form a tube open at both ends andcomplete the skirt portion of the garment; in combination with means forgathering the two strips about the waist of the wearer; and thefirst-named strip having a slit therein through which the head of thewearer may be extended so as to cause the said body portion to drapeloosely over the shoulders of the wearer.

4.. A garment-form, convertible into a. plurality of neglige garments,composed of a strip of fabric oblong in form, having another strippermanently secured thereto along two of its sides and substantiallyhalf its length so as to form a tubular portion open at both ends, saidform having means substantially at the point of termination of theshorter strip for gathering the form about the waist of the wearer.

5. A garment-form rectangular in outline and composed of single plyfabric at one end and double ply, tubular fabric at the other end, saidform being entirely open at both ends of its double ply portion, thesingle ply fabric having a slit therein extending longitudinally thereofand remote from all its edges for the admission of the head of thewearer, in combination with means for gathering the garment-form aboutthe waist of the wearer.

6. A garment-form comprising a single ply portion and a double ply,tubular portion open at both ends, the single ply portion having appliedto different parts thereof weights or media for causing the saidsifig1e"p1y-p0rti0f1' to properly drajp upon the fornf of thewearer andtake the-fornr-of a'garmnt.

' 7. AL garmgr'ib fbrmfcomprising'a sifig1e fply portion and a doublep1y',' tubular poring "the skirt" of the garment' When draped "uponthebddy' of the' wearer; the 'single' ply portion being divided into a backamdf1 "0nt 'mmber byafjsl ifi foi'thehead df th W'eafer, 10 one of said;portions being of greater dim'ensions than "the other of said portions,

and-means applied to difierent parts of one STELLA S'.FLEISHEL;

